Vicky has gone technical! This is just a quick entry to introduce you all to my travelog I'll be using whilst I'm in Thailand (and also to see if I can actually use it!). I thought it would be better than sending out long group emails and I can include photos in it too and you can even leave comments (keep them clean please!). I do feel very in touch with technology!

I will try to keep it updated fairly often, depending on the reliability of internet access etc! I will also still be using my usual email address, vickyinmalawi@yahoo.co.uk and I also have a Thai SIM card to use with my mobile phone, my number from Sunday will be: 0066-8-3595-3705

Thank you to everyone who made it to my leaving party on Saturday night and everyone

I think that was the night it finally sunk in that I was leaving in a week. Before that, it had always seemed like a long way away. Thanks to my mam and dad who helped to organise it all and my friends and family who travelled from various parts of the country. Sarah, you still have not been forgiven for putting up all those baby pictures of me!

Well, it's only 4 days now until I fly off into the sunset and I think its fair to say that I'm more than a little nervous, scared and upset at the thought of it all. Not to mention my worry of just how everything is going to fit into my rucksack! I think I've overdone it slightly with my medical supplies, but the last thing I want on a 12 hours bus is an attack of Bangkok Belly!

Take care everyone, please keep in touch and can you all email me your current home addresses and mobile numbers. You're all more than welcome to come and visit when I get settled, so get saving for those plane tickets!